Word: acumen
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...Association approached Manager James E. Darst of St. Louis' Municipal Auditorium, suggested that he sell only soft drinks at the bar during the annual school superintendents' convention. Instead Manager Darst added two extra bartenders. Last week the convention ended and Manager Darst could preen himself on his acumen. The 8,000 superintendents had consumed more liquor at his bar than did the American Legion last autumn...
...public prints with characteristic acumen seized upon this case as juicy and slightly smelly news. Political nerves in general are so jumpy these days that any chance to sling a little mud is snapped up avidly. Consequently only by reading General Craig's memorandum is it possible to realize why Hagood should be punished, regardless of any political significance his case may have...
...make all Louisiana newspapers with a weekly circulation above 20,000 toe his political line. In the office of the New Orleans Item-Tribune the tone of the jubilation was almost personal, for the Item-Tribune pridefull) credited a major share of the victory to the patience and acumen of its own lawyer, 38-year-old Eberhard P. Deutsch. Seldom is a newspaper's lawyer a hero in its editorial rooms. Even more seldom does a local barrister achieve note among the platoon of silk-hatted, wing-collared striped-trousered counsel which is attracted to an important constitutional case...
...seeing the main witness for the defendants. Mr. Hutchinson, in the box for some days. I think it is to be regretted very much that it is necessary to express an opinion about a man in his position. He is obviously a man of the greatest business ability and acumen. . . . For him there is obviously only one thing that matters-the Chrysler Corp. Where other interests are concerned, he can be ruthless and unscrupulous. This case shows without question that he has not hesitated to lie in what he considers to be the interests of the corporation. Some...
...tributes to the sturdiness, to the unbeatable optimism of the clan, ends with an inspirational scene in which young Silas and his bride think back over the years and apprehend the radiant reality of their faith. Worldly readers may feel that the Crocketts, better endowed with backbone than with acumen, never properly realized that things were rapidly going from bad to worse...